tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5563406165214136728..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: The ShahadahRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-83264533623419865302015-12-30T00:52:20.583-05:002015-12-30T00:52:20.583-05:00The question is not how the Arabic language uses t...The question is not how the Arabic language uses the word "Allah," but how Arabic speakers (and writers) use it, which clearly varies with the speaker. <br /><br />When you say "Neither would the Christian missionaries who make it part of their apologetic to agree with the first part of this statement," which part of which statement are you alluding to? stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-36071452375245622262015-12-29T23:52:34.961-05:002015-12-29T23:52:34.961-05:00The first part rules out polytheism, and the secon...The first part rules out polytheism, and the second part that rules out Judaism and Christianity. No one at the time, and probably few Muslims now, would think your second reading is semantically compatible with how Arabic uses the word 'Allah'. Certainly the many Christian Arabs who use the word 'Allah' for God would not think so. Neither would the Christian missionaries who make it part of their apologetic to agree with the first part of this statement.Jeremy Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441308872350317672noreply@blogger.com